A first series of activities under this partnership is a pilot project to train Extension educators as instructors for NCBRT's DHS-Certified course AWR-117: Preparing Communities for Animal, Plant, and Food Incidents: An Introduction . The goal of the pilot is to deliver AWR-117 training to 1000 constituents in each of the three participating states: Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico.

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